Data Analytics
Data Analytics
Collect machine cycles, pallet cycles, load/unload operations, and planned jobs, and then view efficiency and cost/piece reports to improve productivity.
Station Monitoring
Station Monitoring
View load instructions, inspection decisions, workorder assignment, and part serials on the factory floor.
Part Tracking
Part Tracking
Track and record parts by serial as they transition from manual handling to the automation sytem and back again.
Automation Management And Performance Improvement
FMS Insight is used by industrial engineers, floor managers, and operators to enhance an automated handling system in a flexible machining cell. We have observed that an event log allows process actions such as inspections which guarantee each path is periodically inspected. Data integration with the cell controller simplifies operations and leads to higher efficiency.
Broadcast Info Throughout the Factory
Broadcast Info Throughout the Factory
FMS Insight provides easily accessible targeted pages for operators, engineers, supervisors, and management. Each page displays information about the cell targeted at the specific user; for example, the operator page shows the load and unload instructions for the current pallet.
Load/Unload Instructions
Load/Unload Instructions
FMS Insight provides a touchscreen friendly view of information at the load station, including what part type to load, what part type to unload, serial assignment, inspection decisions, load instructions, and workorder assignment.
Serial Tracking
Serial Tracking
FMS Insight can generate a unique serial for each piece of material and then print a label or scribe it on the part. FMS Insight can then track material throughout the entire process and display historical data about a specific serial.
Inspections and Quality
Inspections and Quality
FMS Insight can facilitate inspection signaling where each combination of pallet and machine is guranteed to be periodically inspected. FMS Insight provides a view of the serial's events at the inspection stand which allows the operator to view the pallet, machine, and date/time of the part being inspected. Finally, quality engineers can view recent failed inspections and lookup failed serials.
Tool & Program Management
Tool & Program Management
FMS Insight uses statistics to automatically calculate the tool usage per program and provides a report showing the expected use from the currently scheduled parts and compares that to the current remaining life of tools currently in the machines.
Supervisor Dashboard
Supervisor Dashboard
FMS Insight provides a status dashboard for supervisors which shows an overview of the daily operations of the cell. The dashboard shows the progress on the current jobs, recent statistical outlier load and machine events, machine and labor OEE for the previous week, and more.
Efficiency Improvement
Efficiency Improvement
Using the event log, FMS Insight provides reports and charts targeted at iteratively improving the efficiency of the cell. These reports have been built up over decades of expierence to highlight the places where small changes to pallet or machine assignments can lead to large performance improvements
Cost/Piece
Cost/Piece
Using the event log, FMS Insight provides a monthly cost/piece report showing a breakdown of the machining and labor cost for each part. The cost/piece can be used to validate that iterative operational changes are actually improvements, helps plan future capital investments, and assists ordering and sales quote future work.
Workorder Assignment
Workorder Assignment
FMS Insight provides a screen which allows an operator to assign a piece of material to a workorder. This goes into the event log and FMS Insight can track how many parts have been assigned to a workorder. If serials/barcodes are used, the individual serials are tracked in the workorder to allow ERP cost calculations at the workorder level.
In-Process Material Tracking
In-Process Material Tracking
FMS Insight uses the event log to provide a touchscreen friendly view of all the material in the cell. This is helpful when material enters and leaves the automated handling system, such as between part processes or if parts are transfered from a lathe cell to a horizontal cell.
Cell Control Data
Cell Control Data
FMS Insight provides an API which can be used to create parts, pallets, jobs, and schedules in the cell controller. Each project and ERP is different, so FMS Insight does not directly create the data. Instead, FMS Insight provides an API which easily allows the ERP software to translate the orders in the ERP into data in the cell controller. The API uses JSON and a REST-like HTTP interface, and is described fully as an OpenAPI specification.
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